Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09
San Francisco Letter.
Especial Correspondence

and one that will be remembered with
interest by many of the pioneer set
tiers, will soon have disappeared The
building known for years as cold
Widgeon's," that was erected nearly
forty years ago, and filled up creek
that flowed into the bay through a
gore lot at the intersection of Dupont
street, Montgomery avenue and Broad
way, is to be removed. One of the
first public schools in the State of Cal
ifornia was opened in the house. 1t
was afterward turned into a hospital,
and for along time it has been used
for business purposes and as resi-
dence. Its old proprietor, Mr.. Diet
jen, was accidentally shot in one of its
rooms, little more than year ago,
while amicably trying to settle quar-
rel that had arisen between a young
French couple who were his tenants.
The place at last seems to have out
lived its usefulness, and, the property
having been sold, it will be torn down
to make room for a more modern style
of building.
Mrs. Mary C. Ambrose, who recently
succeeded in obtaining a divorce from
her husband, Thomas Ambrose, has
failed to convince Judge Finn that
she is entitled to an undivided half of
MIR. Ambrose's property, on the general
grounds that she would have enjoyed
that much of it, at least, if she had re-
mained his wife. The Judge held that
as the defendant had owned the prop
erty before his marriage, or purchased
it with money which he possessed prior
to the ceremony, his subsequent mis-
conduct should not be allowed to
mulct him of half of it. The court,
however, did not propose that Mrs.
Ambrose should be impoverished by
her devotion to principle and left to
starve in her widowed loneliness. In
view of the social position of the par
ties to the suit, 1925 month alimony
was allotted to her, and with this in
come it is not feared that Mrs. Am
brose will suffer for the absolute ne
cessaries of life. The deposed hus-
band will also be required to pay $2,-
500 to satisfy his wife's lawyers. Di-
vorce is an expensive way of bringing
marital contract to close.
The willy Chinaman of San Fran
cisco has adopted startling and ef
fective method of bringing the police
to his assistance when he is beset by
his enemy, the small boy. He has
provided himself with police whistle,
and when a policeman hears the shrill
summons he attends to it at once, be-
cause he thinks brother officer is in
peril; but last night the sergeant in
the station refused to hold two boys
who had been brought in, charged with
assaulting a MOngolian, because the
officer who had responded to the whis-
tie did not see the attack, and his ex-
peIience had taught him that when IL
Chinaman was hurt he was apt to ac-
cuse the boy who was nearest to him
of being the aggressor.
An affecting incident occurred a
few days ago ut the Panorama of
Vicksburg, now on exhibition at the
Mason and Eddy streets panorama
building. Captain Leonard s. Hud-
son, who, in connection with Major
Grail, delivers descriptive lectures on
the platform of the panorama, while
relating the incidents OF the conflict
in which the Chicago Mercantile Bat
terry took part, and pointing out his
battery, which is depicted on the can
vas in action, one of the spectators
stepped forward and said "Who
was in your front, Captain, at the bat
tie of Champion Hill?"
"The First Mississippi Light Artil-
lery," replied Captain Hudson, 81
remember it we'll, for 1 helped to serve
the gun that killed Gen. Thieleman
their commander"
He was ny father" said the visi-
tor. There was moments silence.
The spectators stood hushed; both
men were visibly affected, as Mr.. Thiel-
eman, who is well-knOwn broker,
grasped Captain Hudson's hand, shook
it warmly and went out.
A new and very ingenious system of
obtaining coroner's juries has recently
been adopted by the guardians of the
San Francisco Morgue. When citi-
zens are required for the gloomy SER
vice, the dead wagon is taken out and
driven rapidly around the block. As
it rattles up Dunbar Alley toward the
Coroner's Office and the adjoining
dead house, it is certainly followed by
many morbidly disposed persons, anx-
ious to learn of a new calamity, and
out of the crowd the requisite dozen is
quickly obtained. OCCASIONAL.
A GLASS bedstead has been made
at Birmingham, England, factory
for q Calcutta millionaire. 1t is of
cold glass, the legs, rails, ETC., being
richly cut. The King OF Burmah also
has one.
| The King County assessment roll
credits Mr.. H. L. Yesler with prop.
erty valuation of 1902, 2,09l, Governor